Combined shade-adjuster and sash-operator.



.PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

R. HUITT. COMBINED SHADE ADJUSTER AND SASH OPERATOR.

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No. 886,216. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

R. HUITT. COMBINED SHADE ADJUSTER'AND SASH OPERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 15. 1907.

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RICHARD HUITT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COMBINED SHADE-ADJUSTER AND SASH-OPERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 28, 1908.

Application filed July 15, 1907. Serial No. 383,729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD HUITT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Shade Adjusters and Sash Operators, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a combined shade adjuster and sash operator, my object being to provide means whereby a window shade or curtain is detachably arranged on the top rail of the upper sash so that said shade is carried vertically with the sash during its operation, and there being an operating cord connected to the top rail of the upper sash,

.thus providing means for readily raising and lowering the sash and curtain.

A further object of my invention is to so construct a shade or curtain holder that the same may be readily detached from its position on the top rail of the upper sash and arranged on the top rail of the lower sash, or upon the sill of the window frame.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window equipped with the sash operator and shade adjuster; Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1 Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a bracket utilized in connection with the curtain supporting bar; Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a form of plate or keeper made use of, and which receives the bracket carrying the curtain supporting bar; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a ring made use of, and which connecgs the meeting ends of the sash operating cor Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings :1 designates the top rail of the upper sash, to the center of which is fixed a plate 2, the lower end of which projects below the rail 1, and there being a horizontal slot 3 formed in the projecting lower end thereof.

Pivotally mounted upon a screw 4, which is positioned immediately to the rear of the plate 2, is the rear end of a horizontally swin ing bar 5, which is adapted to engage in the slot 3; and formed in the outer end of said bar is an aperture 6, adapted to receive a split pin or cotter 7.

The bracket 8, which carries the curtain supporting bar, is constructed of heavy sheet metal, with one end bent into U-shape, as designated by 9, and formed in the lower portions of the sides of said bent end are horizontally arranged slots 10, through which the bar 5 passes when the bracket is positioned for use.

Formed integral with the upper end of one of the side portions of the U-shaped bend is a horizontal arm 11, and the outer end thereof is bent vertically upward, as designated by 12. 13 designates a curtain supporting bar, which is of suflicient length to extend entirely across the window, and fitted to the rear side of the center thereof is a plate or keeper 14, beneath which the vertically bent end 12 of the bracket 8 engages, and thus the curtain supporting bar is detachably mounted on the bracket 8. are provided with forwardly projecting ears 15, which are perforated to receive the j ournals on the ends of a curtain roller, which carries an ordinary shade or roll curtain 16. After the bracket 8 has been positioned on The ends of the bar 13' the bar 5, the pin or keeper 7 is inserted in form and construction with the plate 14,

and a similar plate 18 is fixed 0n the top side of the window sill. These plates are intended to receive the vertically bent end 12 of the bracket 8, and when said bracket is detachably engaged beneath the plate 18, the curtain will be pulled upward from the roller.

The means employed for raising and lowering the upper sash comprises a ring 19 provided with oppositely arranged notches 20, and which ring is located on the bar 5, between the bracket 8 and the plate 2 and fixed to said ring is one end of an operating cord 21, which extends upward and over a pulley, 22 arranged at the upper end of the window frame in the center thereof; and from thence the cord extends downward and through a pair of screw eyes 23, located adjacent the plate 18 on the window sill, and from thence the cord' extends upward and has its end secured to the ring 19.

When the various parts of the ap aratus are assembled, as shown in Figs. 1 an 2, and it is desired to lower the upper sash of the window, the operator grasps that portion of the cord 21 which extends between the ring 19 and the screw eyes-23, and pulls downward upon said cord; and, as a result,'the pull is exerted on the bar 5 and consequently upon the top rail 1 of the upper sash, and the same is drawn downward to the desired point.

When it is desired to close the upper sash, the operator grasps that portion of the cord 21 which extends between the pulley 22 and the screw eyes 23, and pulls downward upon said cord; and, as a result, the upper sash is elevated and closed.

When it is desired to position the curtain supporting bar on the top rail of the lower sash, the key 7 is removed from the aperture 6, andthe bracket detached. from the bar 5, and the outer member of the U-shaped portion 9 of the bracket 8 is engaged beneath the plate 17.

When it is desired to wash the windows and to move the sash past one another, the bracket 8 and ring 19 are detached from the bar 5, and the same is swung horizontally into a position immediately beneath the top rail 1, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, thus enabling the sash to be raised and lowered as desired.

By my improved arrangement, the upper sash may be lowered for the purpose of ventilation, and the curtain being carried down with the upper sash, can be drawn down: ward so as to screen the entire lower portion of the window.

The operating cord 21 provides simple adapted to receive the bar when the same is swung into position at right angles to the sash rail, a bracket detachably mounted on the forward end of the pivoted bar, a curtain supporting bar detachably arranged on the outer end of the bracket, bearings fixed to the top and bottom of the window frame,

' and a cord having its ends detachably connected to the pivoted bar and passing around said bearings.

2. The combination with a window, of a horizontally disposed bar pivotally secured at its rear end to the top rail of the upper sash and at the center thereof, a slotted plate fixed to the top rail of the sash and adapted to receive the bar when the same is swung into position at right angles to the sash rail, a bracket detachably mounted on the forward end of the pivoted bar, a curtain supporting bar detachably arranged on the outer end of the bracket, a ring detachably located on the pivoted bar, and a' cord having its ends secured to the ring, and which cord passes through bearings fixed to the top and bottom of the window frame.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD HUITT.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, E. L. WALLACE. 

